Brilliant Leadership

Uprooted Pillars

One day in March, Juche 74 (1985), when Changgwang Street was under construction in its second stage, Chairman Kim Jong Il visited the construction site. While learning in detail about the actual state of the housing construction, he came to know from the report of one of the officials that a garage was going to be built in the residential area. Looking at a newly-built folding screen-shaped high-rise apartment building, the Chairman asked how many flats it had. When he heard that it had 800 flats, the Chairman estimated that there would be more than 2 000 children. Then, he showed his anxiety that they would find nowhere to play if a garage is built behind the apartment building. He continued that the site of the garage under construction should be changed into an extensive playground for children. One of the officials disclosed his intention of proceeding with the building of the garage in progress and making a nice playground between the apartment building and the garage instead. Then, saying with a smile that the official must be reluctant to have the erected pillars pulled out, the Chairman instructed that there should be a garden and a park behind the apartment building so that all the children would play away from the street, and that all the concrete pillars should be uprooted for preparation of a broad playground for children. Later, the pillars for the garage were all removed, and our children, the pillars of the country, were able to play to their heart’s content on the playground built on the site of the garage.

Story Associated With Manbok Flower

A few years ago, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un looked at the photo of a flower which was being cultivated in the Pyongyang Floriculture Institute. The flower which belongs to Cymbidium, orchid family, was associated with a really unforgettable story. In March, Juche 100 (2011), Chairman Kim Jong Il had visited the institute, where he made a promise of love to name the newly-bred Cymbidium hybridum when it produced a bloom. Subsequently, the officials and scientists at the institute, with ardent yearning for him, grew countless flowers in full bloom and politely made a report to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, wishing him to name it. Looking at the photo in a deep recollection of the unforgettable story, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un wrote down a name “Manbok flower” (literally means ‘all happiness’) in his autograph saying that it was really beautiful. “Manbok flower” reflects his grand intention to bring all kinds of happiness of the world to our people, who Chairman Kim Jong Il had loved so much.

Women as Masters of Factory

It was when Chairman Kim Jong Il visited a factory. Looking around the factory, he expressed satisfaction again and again at the fact that the women who became the masters of the factory were enjoying a cultural and emotional life including various sports activities while fulfilling daily production as well. He added that it was very nice of the women director to work for this factory all her life upholding the teaching of President Kim Il Sung. After a short while, the Chairman told the emotion-charged director that she should prepare the female workers as genuine masters of the factory to add eternal glory to the honour of a housewives’ model factory. Figuring out the ardent wish of the factory staff, he had a loving photo session with them that day.

Immortal Exploits Marked at Foot of Moran Hill

Immortal Exploits Marked at Foot of Moran Hill On the 16th of February, Juche 71 (1982), the reconstruction and expansion site of the Moranbong Stadium (in those days) was filled with burning passion, for Chairman Kim Jong Il personally visited the site to clarify the shortcut to the project. Because it was the birthday of the Chairman, an official earnestly requested him, who was about to set out for a field guidance, that he should have a rest that day and postpone his departure. Replying that he had to keep to his plan, the Chairman said as follows. Now that we have already planned to complete the upgrading and expanding project of Moranbong Stadium at all costs by the 70th birthday of President Kim Il Sung, every minute and second is precious for us. Furthermore, the President is painfully anxious about its slower progress than scheduled. We are going to have the President in the stadium completed on the highest level. How pleased the President will be! The Chairman continued that he felt the happiest when he saw the President satisfied, and that it always set his mind at ease. Out of the intention, the Chairman visited the construction site and said that the stadium should be naturally called Kim Il Sung Stadium after its reconstruction.

Enthusiastic Cheers Shaking the Congress Hall

One day in February, Juche 101 (2012), the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un called an official to acquaint himself with the preparation for the Conference of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Having listened to the report of the official, he expressed his intention to hold in high esteem Chairman Kim Jong Il as the permanent General Secretary of our Party. Then, he gave some detailed instructions concerned with the conference, saying that the Party Conference should be a historic one for discussion of important issues of brilliantly carrying forward the revolutionary cause of Juche with the great leaders of our revolution as the eternal leaders of our Party and revolution. His instructions also covered the details of the first agenda item of the Party Conference and fresh contents to be supplemented in the Party rules. Later in the historic 4th Conference of the WPK, a decision on holding in high esteem Chairman Kim Jong Il as the permanent General Secretary of the WPK and on adding eternal brilliance to his revolutionary life and immortal revolutionary exploits was adopted amid the enthusiastic cheers of all the participants.

Retrospection of Meaningful Day

It was the morning of February 8, Juche 37(1948). In the middle of preparing to head to the military parade venue, President Kim Il Sung told the anti-Japanese war heroine Kim Jong Suk that it was really a significant and historic day, saying that it was already 16 years since he founded the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army in Antu in the uniform that his mother personally made in her sickbed, although he felt as if it happened just the day before. Comrade Kim Jong Suk could hardly repress her excitement. He continued that the backbones of the revolutionary armed forces and rich experience trained and gained during the years of the anti-Japanese armed struggle made it possible to make full preparations for the founding of the Korean People’s Army in time even in the difficult and complicated situations after liberation. Then, he suggested all go to the parade venue to watch the grand parade of our people’s army that would defend the dignity and honour of the nation with arms. Reminiscing about the origin of the regular revolutionary armed forces on the morning of a historic day to shine forever in the history of army building, the President headed towards the parade venue with his wife Kim Jong Suk and little son Kim Jong Il.